Model comparison

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp vs ERNIE 5.1

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and ERNIE 5.1 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (44.3 vs 43.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp DeepSeek

44.3

Rank #78 Confirmed

ERNIE 5.1 Baidu

43.8

Rank #83 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp scores higher in 5 categories and ERNIE 5.1 in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads 51.7 to 41.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is NYT Connections (extended): 36.7% for DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and 23.4% for ERNIE 5.1.
  • DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and ERNIE 5.1 specifications
DeepSeek-V3.2-ExpERNIE 5.1
ProviderDeepSeekBaidu
Noometry Index44.343.8
Released2025-09-29—
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window164K—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.26—
Output $ / M tokens$0.38—
Results tracked4919

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 46.5 (#65), ERNIE 5.1: 44.0 (#76)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpERNIE 5.1
LMArena Coding14541488
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)70%—
Aider Polyglot74.2%—
LMArena WebDev1362—
SWE-bench Multilingual59%—
SciCode38.9%—
WeirdML39.5%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 32.7 (#59), ERNIE 5.1: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpERNIE 5.1
Terminal-Bench39.6%—
APEX-Agents21.3%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard56.7%—
TheAgentCompany42.9%—
LMArena Search—1227
Vending-Bench 21,034—

Reasoning Too close to call

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 22.1 (#208), ERNIE 5.1: 21.9 (#211)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpERNIE 5.1
NYT Connections (extended)36.7%23.4%
LMArena Hard Prompts14341481
ARC-AGI-24%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark52.2%—
ARC-AGI-157%—
CritPt2.9%—
Chess Puzzles14%—
Thematic Generalization65%—
DTBench87.7%—
LMCA29.1%—
Epoch Capabilities Index146.27—

Math DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 41.7 (#87), ERNIE 5.1: 40.3 (#92)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpERNIE 5.1
LMArena Math14351481
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions57.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202587.8%—
ProofBench8%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)22.1%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)2.1%—

Knowledge DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 51.7 (#66), ERNIE 5.1: 41.9 (#102)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpERNIE 5.1
LMArena Expert14361492
GPQA Diamond83.4%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate5.3%—

Multilingual ERNIE 5.1 leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 52.2 (#90), ERNIE 5.1: 55.5 (#29)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpERNIE 5.1
LMArena Non-English14091454
LMArena Chinese14611508
LMArena French14331488
LMArena German14401470
LMArena Japanese13741422
LMArena Korean13711427
LMArena Russian14241459
LMArena Spanish14401473

Instruction Following ERNIE 5.1 leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 74.5 (#93), ERNIE 5.1: 76.7 (#37)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpERNIE 5.1
LMArena Instruction Following14131460

Long Context DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 47.6 (#16), ERNIE 5.1: 44.7 (#59)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpERNIE 5.1
LMArena Longer Query14281462
Fiction.LiveBench83.3%—
CL-bench13.2%—
CL-bench Life9.5%—

Writing & Preference ERNIE 5.1 leads

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp: 62.4 (#77), ERNIE 5.1: 65.1 (#52)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek-V3.2-ExpERNIE 5.1
LMArena Text14251468
LMArena Creative Writing14031441
LMArena Multi-Turn14271471
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1515—

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp better than ERNIE 5.1?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and ERNIE 5.1 score almost the same on the Noometry Index (44.3 vs 43.8), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

Is DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp or ERNIE 5.1 better for coding?

DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.5 versus 44.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and ERNIE 5.1 share?

18 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp has 49 scored results on Noometry and ERNIE 5.1 has 19.

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